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The Cherokee
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and Clay County Progress
Volume 75 ? Number I Murphy, North Carolina July 29, 1965 12 Pages This Week
AT MURPHY. NORTH CAROLINA
Contractor Injured
When Boat Explodes
MURPHY - John 3. Smith,
local building contractor
coutlcts
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"Hair today . . . gone
tomorrow" seemed to be
Eddie Mann's theme recently
when his toupee flew off while
riding in a convertible. Now
Eddie has a new hair piece
and we must say it is most
becoming. He doesn't have to
worry about "flying hair"
anymore either because the
new one is guaranteed to stay
on even in a hurricane. Just
think how dressed up our main
street would look if such
characters as Jimmy Hawse,
Charlie Hyatt, and Martin
Douglas acquired hair pieces.
-J
Something is fishy! Co
worker Jim Morgan has been
taking us fishing recently and
we have caught one scrawny
Pike in about six trips while
Jim has been hauling in a
mess. Here's the fishy part:
The other night Jim and I
got together to drown a few
worms. We used the same
type rod, same reel, same
bait and even tied our boats
together. Jim caught- 'em like
they were starving to death
and I didn't get a bite. Honest
to goodness, a little Small
Mouth Bass swam right up and
jumped into Jim's boat.
Wouldn't you think something
'fishy* was going on?
-J
No Mon . . No Fun. A
father told us this one. When
preparing to attend a Little
League ball game last week,
this fellow faced two small
children begging to go along.
"O.K.," he said, "I'll take
you but hear this .. and hear
it good. I am not going to
pass the concession stand. .
1 am not going to buy one single
thing. Is that clear?" The
little ones looked at each other
for a few seconds then back
at their father. "Daddy,would
you mind if we changed our
minds," one of them said.
"All of a sudden, we don't
like baseball anymore."
(Laurinburg Exchange)
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EASY FIXING. Kayaks have
become very popular in
these parts and the're tough
little boats to be made out of
canvas. Jimmy Walker borr
owed Edwin Manchester's
Kayak to do a little fishing
but when he put the boat in
the water he discovered a
leak. This didn't stop Jimmy.
He turned the little craft up
side down on the river bank,
put a band-aid over the hole
and went on fishing, high and
dry.
-J
ATTENTION TAXPAYERS:
You can save yourself some
loot if youll dig down in that
ole purse, come up with some
long green, and pay your 1964
taxes. Court tax deadline for
Cherokee and day County
Taxes is 12:00 noon Monday,
August 2. If the 1964 Court
Taxes are not paid prior tc
deadline, a penalty and ad
vertising cost will be charged
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George Walsh of die Murph)
Cab Company saw the Coke
Beer can we pictured in thi:
column and came up with an
other unique soft drink con
tainer. Due to the engrave:
glass we were unable ti
photograph it but here's what*:
on die bottle. "Quality Bran
Soda Water" and it's got i
sparkling new "Coke" bottli
cap on it. Coca Cola is alsi
engraved on the bottle but
wonder how long it's bee
since they made "Sodawater"
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Dances come and dances g
but square dancing wll
probably be around for man
moons. If you warn t
"square up" for a real goo
time, be at the Old Rock Gyi
Saturday night, July 31 for
Jaycee sponsored squar
dance. Dance tiineis8KK)p.n;
with music by Ellis an
his band
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Cole Hyatt of Rl 3, Murph
lays claim to the bestcafabag
grower in Cherokee Count}
Mr. Hyatt grew one thi
weighed 10 pounds U ounce
He gave the cabbage to WIS
ard Hembree who brought
by for us'uns to see. Wondt
if anyone can top that?
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We still have the pair i
glasses that was found I
downtown Murphy and tuna
over to us. If you
come and get 'am.
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uffered first and second de
ree burns of the arms, neck
nd face when his 17 foot Crls
:raft Inboard exploded and
iurned Sunday evening.
The 6:00 p.m. accident occ
ired In a boat house at Lodge
.andlng.
Smith said that he and his
amlly had been on the lake
rlth friends In another boat
tnd was about to leave the
andlng when he decided to
:heck the battery on his boat.
Sitting in the cockpit of his
>oat. Smith stated that he was
letting It Idle when all of a
sudden there was a flash ex
plosion and the boat was en
gulfed in flames.
"I headed for the biggest
Fire extinguisher I could
Find, " Smith said, "right
aver the side and into the
lake." He swam around the
side of the boat house and was
taken to Providence Hospital
by Duke Whitley.
Howard Carter, an em
ployee of Lodge Landing and
Olin Taylor towed the burning
boat out of the boat house,
saving a 16 foot boat belong
ing to Harold Wells. Smith s
inboard burned to the water
and sand. The boat and sev
eral pieces of skiing equip
ment were a total loss.
Andrews Announces
Water Rate Increase
ANDREWS - The Andrews
Board of Aldermen announced
this week that water rates have
been increased and became
effective July 1.
The Board adopted the foll
owing rate for inside the city:
Minimum residence, $2.50
per month for the first 3,000
gallons plus 40 cents for each
additional thousand gallons.
A sewage charge of 20 per
cent of the water charge was
also adopted. For example,
on a water billing of $3.00,
the sewage charge would be
60 cents or a total of $3.60
for water and sewage.
The old rate inside the city
limits was $2.00 for the first
3,000 gallons with 30 cents
per each additional thousand
gallons. Prior to the adoption
there was no sewage charge.
Outside the city limits water
rates were increased to $3.50
for the first 3,000 gallons and
60 cents for each additional
thousand gallons, as compared
to the old rate of $2.75 for
the first 3,000 gallons and
30 cents for each additional
thousand gallons.
There will be no sewage
charge outside the city limits
a Board spokesman said.
Crowd Predictions
High For Ga.
Mountain Fair
HIWASSEE - Mountain Fair
Time is almost here and al
ready predictions for the
crowd are surpassing past
records.
Many beleive that the
previous record of 38 states
and 10 foreign countires re
presented will be beaten this
year during die week of Aug
ust 9-14.
Site of the fair is the campus
of Towns County High Schoo:
in Hiawassee, as it has beet
for 14 years. Throughout th<
i nation, the Georgia Mountaii
' Fair, which is unique in flavoi
' and attraction, has attractei
I attention of travel and re'
i creation specialists,
i The Mountain Fair's mail
I emphasis is not carnival, bu
i exhibits and most visitors -
t more than 50,000 last year
> who come to Georgia's Llttl
Switzerland spend more tha
l two-thirds of their time I
. the exhibit areas.
The saddle horse show, Ho
> Rifle Shoot with muzzle
1 loader rifle - men from seve
Ir states competing, and a Fldd
9 lcr's Convention have been th
1 climax of the fair In the pas
ii and will be again this yeai
i Displays of precious stone
e found and polished, set in ring
u and other jewelry, includlr
d the worlds largest sapphlri
are part of the Mountain Fair'
perennial attractions,
y Hand - fashioned, peggt
e fruitwood furniture, Apf
'. alachian art, and displays i
it wildlife and conservatit
u agencies, with motion pictui
- snows every night have bet
It strong drawing cards, to
r Another hand and home fat
hloned attraction is a coppt
still - not in operation -
i die kind that the revenooei
n have made extinct,
d One of Georgia's largei
i, and most important, flowi
shows U held on Tuesde
August 10, during the fal
Hair Or Wire Pulling?
Photo by Scout Studio
It's hard to tell which George Worley, Toll test man for Westco Telephone Company is
doing. George Is working on the complicated Extended Area Service trunks that will connect
Andrews and Murphy with the free dial system. The system is scheduled for completion
August 15.
Photo by Scout Studio
Robin May Receives
Letter From
Jacqueline Kennedy
ANDREWS " Little Miss
Robin May, returning home
late Saturday from a vacation
in the eastern part of the State
found a pleasant surprise awa
iting her. She received a letter
from Jacqueline Kennedy, wife
of the late President John
F. Kennedy, thanking her for
her contribution to the
Kennedy Library Fund.
Robin who will be 5 years
of age on August 26 had been
helping her mother on Satur
days clean and dust their apa
rtment to earn the money
that she contributed to the
fund. The letter read -
Dear Robin,
1 am most deeply grateful
for the contribution you sent
to the Kennedy Library Fund,
especially because you worked
so hard to earn the money.
Of all the many tributes to
the memory of President
Kennedy, I am sure that none
would have pleased him more
than the touching response of
you young people to Parade's
suggestion that you work to
help the fund.
When the library is finished
your name will always be on
file there. You and your child
ren and all the generations to
come who visit the Library
will be proud to see it there,
and to know that you had a
part in making President Ken
nedy's Library possible.
As you grow older, I know
that you will renin this wond
erful spirit embodied in your
gift to the Library, and your
Interest in doing things that
help this world we live In.
That would mean much to
President Kennedy.
With deep appreciation,
Sincerely,
Jacqueline Kennedy
Highway Officials Visit
Ask For Bond Support
MURPHY - Top highway
officials including Chairman
Joseph M. Hunt, Jr. and 14
Division Commissioner W.
Curtis Russ met at the
Cherokee County Courthouse,
Wednesday and asked support
of the 300 million dollar issue
which will be voted on in Nov
ember.
Some 100 persons had gath
ered in the court room await
ing the arrival of the officials
to hear what was in the plann
ing for Western North
Carolina and Cherokee Cou
nty roads.
Chairman Hunt of the State
Highway Commission began
his address stating that the day
has come when the people of
Western North Carolina will
realize a dream that a lot of
people have had for a long
time.
"The day has come when we
have an opportunity through
the help of the Federal Gov
ernment and the Appalachain
Program to open up Western
North Carolina as its never
been open up before," Hunt
said.
Hunt went on to say that
the bond issue will not impose
a new tax on anyone. He pointed
out that in 1949 when the state
had a 200 million dollar road
bond issue, a one cent per
gallon tax was imposed on
each gallon of gasoline sold.
"That same penny tnat fin
anced the 200 million dollar
bond issue in 1949 will
finance the present 300 mill
ion dollar bond issue", Mr.
Hunt said.
W. Curtis Russ, Highway
Commissioner of the 14th Dis
trict stated that he was going
to visit all ten counties in the
14th district to work out the
best possible road program
beneficial to Cherokee County
and the 14th division.
"While my address is still
in Waynesville, my heart is
in the division of 10 counties
to get the roads we need,"
Mrs. Russ said.
Murphy Streets Get
Stepped Up Cleaning
MURPHY - A stepped if>
program for keeping the city
streets cleaner was adopted by
the Murphy Town Board at a
recent meeting.
The Board felt that the
streets could be better cleaned
at night when most of the
cars were off the street.
Two employees have beer
assigned the Job with one man
coming on duty at 10:30 p.m.
and another at 5.-00 ami. The
new program for a cleanei
Murphy got underway this
week.
Photo by Scout Studio
Joseph M. Hunt Jr.
. . . Wonderful Opportunity
Photo hy Scout Studlc
W. Curtis Russ
. . . Roods Wo Nood
Andrews Gets
New Stere
ANDREWS - A new furniture
and appliance store, owned by
Sidney Allen and son Jackie
has recently opened to the
public. The store Is located
on main street, next door to
Burch Drug store.
Sidney Allen who has had 12
years experience in sales
manship will be manager of
the store. Jackie who is man
ager of Appliance Store in
Washington, D. C. will remain
In D. C for the present time.
The store carries a com
plete line of furniture, living
room, bedroom, dining room,
appliances - including telex
Former Murphy Resident
Slain 3rd Night On Job
Murder Comes 2nd Time
To Business In Georgia
A tormer Murpny resident,
iperating a service station of
:he four-lane Marietta high
way near Dobbins Air Force
3ase, was murdered and
robbed early Tuesday, on his
third night at a new job, police
said.
Investigators Wayne Ellis
and Harold Davis of the Cobb
sheriffs office said the latest
victim, J. C. Kimsey, 58, of
3110 Stewart Ave., Atlanta, was
found lying face down in a blood
spattered room of the Thoni
Oil Co. station shortly before
4 a.m.
Kimsey was a native of Clay
County and a son of the late
George and Effie Parsons
Kinsey, pioneer family of Clay
County. A former resident of
Murphy, he had resided in
Atlanta for the past 15 years.
He was the father of Leon
Kimsey, a U. S. Postal
employee here in Murphy.
The slaying termed "bloody
and brutal" by Cobb Police
Chief E. H. Burrus, occurred
at the same service station
where another employe was
shot and killed in a robbery
on Thanksgiving eve of 1962,
investigators said.
"It was his third night on
the job," James Riddle, a
supervisor for the firm com
mented.
Officer Ellis said a pre
liminary investigation indic
ates that Mr. Kimsey was
struck on each side of his
jaws and then a third time or
the back of the head as he
lay on the floor. "They were
terrific blows. The lick on the
head shattered his skull," the
officer said.
It is believed, investigators
Ellis and Davis said, that thi
robber or robbers escape*
with approximately $280 and <
cash drawer taken from i
desk. "We found $32 in bills
in his shirt pocket and somi
silver in his pants."
Willard Waley of 127 Luck;
Drive, Marietta, a milk del'
iveryman, stopped by the sta'
tion shortly before 4 a.m. am
found Mr. Kimsey in a roon
partitioned off from an office
The Body was still warn
when the first officers, not
ified of the deliveryman's dis
covery, reached the scene
"We feel that he'd been deai
only a short time when Mr
Whaley found him," inves
tigator Ellis said.
"The murder weapon, whid
is missing, apparently wa
some kind of a blunt instru
ment. Whatever it was, th
robber or robbers wielded ;
with such force that he or the
apparently intended to leaven
witness to the robbery. Mi
Kimsey's wallet also is miss
ing," officer Ellis said.
Investigator Ellis continue
"Another attendant wasknc
eked in the head and robbe
there about three weeks agi
Three suspects later wet
taken into custody."
State Tourism
Reaches Billion
Dollar Mark
Tourism in the State during
1964 reached the billion dollar
mark for the first time acc
ording to the seventh annual
survey of North Carolina's
travel industry.
The report, just released,
was compiled by Dr. Lewis
Copeland of the University ol
Tennessee. It reveals thai
total receipts from firms en
gaged in serving and transp
orting travelers were $1.:
billion, up nine per cent frotr
the $968 million in 1963.
The report, sponsored b;
the Travel Council of Nortl
Carolina and the state';
Travel Information Division
indicated that the State has Lf
per cent of the nation's $61
billion travel business. Tlx
industry has been growing a
an average of 7.7 per cen
annually since 1948, well abovi
the 5.5 national average.
The survey also shows tha
travel, the state's third lar
gest industry, is growing fas'
ter than the 5.7 per cent growtl
of all retail business in Nortl
Carolina.
is Ions (color), radios, reflg
orators, mixers, vacuui
cleaners plus many other mis
cellaneous articles such i
cedar chest, baby beds,chin
and plastic wares.
The Aliens invite you tc
visit their store.
On Thanksgiving Eve of
962, the bullet-ridden body of
irthur Russell Castleberry,
>2, was found at the same
itation. Two Cobb teen-agers
vere arrested In connection
vith the rob-slaying and given
:wo consecutive life sen
:ences, officers stated.
Officers said they were told
diat Mr. Castleberry was shot
tfter he was asked to give
change for a dollar. At least
six bullet holes were found in
his body.
"We're checking out sev
eral suspects inMr. Kimsey's
death," one investigator said.
Surviving in addition to the
son, are the widow, Mrs.
Carriebell Stansfield Kimsey;
another son, Larry Kimsey oi
Miami, Fla.; two daughters,
Mrs. Edith Winn and Mrs.
Sarah Davis of Atlanta, Ga.,
one brother, Ray Kimsey oi
Atlanta, the stepmother, Mrs.
Louise Kimsey of Canton.Ga.;
seven grandchildren and at
aunt, Mrs. Laura Parson Cha*
libers of Warne.
Services were held at 10
a.m. today (Thursday) in the
chapel of Paul Donahoo Fun
eral Home of Hapeville, Ga.
Graveside rites will be con
ducted by the Rev. William J.
Thompson at 3:30 p.m. today
(Thursday) in the Old Meth
odist Cemetery, Murphy.
Townson Funeral Home is
in charge of local arrange
ments.
Bulletin
Edward Wyatt Campbell, a
19-year-old Clayton countian
with a 10-year police record,
was arrested Tuesday after
noon and charged with
bludgeoning to death and
robbing J. C. Kimsey, 58 year
old Cobb County gas station
attendant.
Police said he had visited
with the slain man for about
two hours before the murder.
His capture had resulted
from descriptions given by
two truck drivers who had seen
the youth in the station earlier
and taken him for Kimsey's
son.
$260 Riding On
A Perfect Puzzle
A July splash of green
backs - $260, to be exact -
is riding on this weeks new
Cherokee Scout Prizewords
puzzle.
Solve same and you'll be
deluged in dollars! If you win,
you can spend a bang-up
summer.
The new puzzle is on page 3
so get going for greenbacks.
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ACROSS:
I. A postwar period is often marked by big industrial
STRIKES (Strides). -STRIKES is better .being more indicative
of the restlessness of a postwar period. Often overstates
with Strides; normally, Industry has to get back on its feet
before making great progress.
4. Sweethearts are apt to be upset when their matrimonial
plans CLASH (Crash). - Apt to be upset is too mild a phrase to
use with Crash. CLASH doesn't go nearly as far, and their
points of view might well be reconciled.
6. Fame in the actingprofessionismoredifficult to ENDURE
than many outsiders realize (Ensure). - Very few outsiders
fully realize the problems that have to be faced on the way
to acting fame. Many understates with Ensure, guarantee. Out
siders are better able to appreciate the difficulty of living with
fame once it has been achieved. ENDURE is the better word.
9. Often, the FITTER people are the more good-natured
they are (Fatter). - Good health and good disposition go
together, often. Obesity in itself is no guarantee of good
health, so to use Fatter makes a misleading statement. FITTER
is the better word choice.
II. Women are often better able than men to conceal their
AWE (Age). - They're at least usually better able to conceal
their Age. AWE makes a better answer; generally speaking,
women are more self-possessed than men.
13. Many a man can truthfully say that a LASS brought him
his unhappiest moments (Loss). - Loss is weak. It's not
restricted to a bereavement; it's a very wide term covering
all kinds of losses, trivial or serious, and applies to either
sex. LASS fits the clue's restriction imposed by nun.
14. A person with an AVID disposition sometimes makes a
disagreeable companion (Acid). - Sometimes doesn't understate
with AVID: he is eager, greedy and probably a vital person.
He could be interesting. With Acid (bitter), sometimes under
sutes.
15. An elderly worker is sometimes alarmed when he finds
that young workers are LEARNING to do his job (Yearning).
-Not Yearning; they might yearn to do it but never even start
to learn. With LEARNING they at least begin the attempt;
sometimes applies because they might not be able to threaten
his security for a long time.
DOWN:
2. Few ambitious people spend much time in RUT (Rot).
-With Rot, nonsense, much depends on the nature of the
person's ambition. Much light conversation can be called Rot,
even though ability to make it is often a social asset. RUT
is better; it suggests a blind alley.
3. A beggars being CHEERY is often bad for business
(Cheeky). - Often understates with Cheeky, impudent. CHEERY
is better; if he clearly has little to be CHEERY about, his
brave front might arouse our sympathy.
5. Alas! the people who wouldn't LET you down without
good reason seem to be few (Get). - Get can scarcely be
upheld. So much depends on your own temperament. LET
implies that the shortcomings are of other people.
7. As a rule, if a wife always tries to have her husband
NEAR he's apt to find her tiresome (Neat). - NEAR Is better.
It implies she's of the possessive type. The statement with
Neat is too sweeping; it Isn't quite so irritating for her to
try to have him Neat.
8. Often, the older she gets the harder It Is for a woman to
RETAIN a youthful appearance (Regain). -Not Regain, which
implies she has lost her youthful appearance. It's much
harder to Regain something than to RETAIN it. The restraint
of often points to RETAIN: she still has it.
9. It's apt to be a severe setback to ambitious people when
they FALL (Fail). - The restraint of apt fits well with FALL.
The FALL need not be an end to their ambitions. Fail implies
that they've lost their chance.
10. Under the stress of grave anxiety a man Is Inclined to
be TERSE (Tanee). - inclined underaaiea with Te
ember, it's grave anxiety. TERSE Is batter; in i
such stress makes him talk even more than usuaL
12. The average woman shows an Inula tit
toward a youth who looks WAN (Man). - The maternal In
stinct is more likely to be aroused whan ha looks WAN,
delicate. The fact that ha looks like a Man isn't naarly so
likely to arouse sympathy.